Learning with Digital Games: A Practical Guide to Engaging Students in Higher Education

✍ Scribed by Nicola Whitton

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 231
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written for Higher Education teaching and learning professionals, Learning with Digital Games provides an accessible, straightforward introduction to the field of computer game-based learning.

✦ Table of Contents

Routledge - Learning with Digital Games (September 2009) (ATTiCA)......Page 1
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 10
Series Editor’s Foreword......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
CHAPTER 1 Introduction......Page 18
PART I Theory......Page 34
CHAPTER 2 Recognizing the Characteristics of Digital Games......Page 36
CHAPTER 3 Understanding the Pedagogy of Digital Games......Page 52
CHAPTER 4 Identifying Types of Digital Games for Learning......Page 72
PART II Practice......Page 92
CHAPTER 5 Integrating Digital Games Into the Curriculum......Page 94
CHAPTER 6 Designing a Digital Game for Learning......Page 106
CHAPTER 7 Assessing the Impact of Digital Games on Learning......Page 120
PART III Technology......Page 134
CHAPTER 8 Using Existing Digital Games for Learning......Page 136
CHAPTER 9 Developing New Digital Games for Learning......Page 152
CHAPTER 10 Evaluating Digital Games for Learning......Page 170
CHAPTER 11 Case Studies......Page 184
CHAPTER 12 Conclusions......Page 208
Glossary......Page 216
References......Page 218
Index......Page 224